<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 01:02:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I, Pencil, Conspiracies, and Incentives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The point of Leonard Read's essay I, Pencil is simple and important. No one person is capable of making something as simple as a pencil. You need the wood, lead, paint, etc. all of which have inputs that]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/i-pencil-conspiracies-and-incentives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/i-pencil-conspiracies-and-incentives</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 22:37:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real Elections]]></title><description><![CDATA[We hear the word "election" and we typically think of a Tuesday in November (very encouraging choice of day/month to get people to come out and actually vote) every four years where some of us]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/the-real-elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/the-real-elections</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 18:55:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does the left think Trump is a Nazi?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm not sure where this idea comes from originally. The two people I'm fairly certain have said it at some point are Michael Malice and Thaddeus Russell. The idea is "Politics is downstream from]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/why-does-the-left-think-trump-is-a-nazi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/why-does-the-left-think-trump-is-a-nazi</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 22:43:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 Quotes Everybody Would Love If They Weren't From Ayn Rand]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's fairly uncontroversial to say Ayn Rand is designated among most people to be "out of bounds." She was just some crazy Russian lady who escaped from the Soviet Union and so she had a visceral]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/8-quotes-everybody-would-love-if-they-weren-t-from-ayn-rand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/8-quotes-everybody-would-love-if-they-weren-t-from-ayn-rand</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:44:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Google-ability changes language]]></title><description><![CDATA[The implications of the internet and search engines specifically are generally understood. You can just Google anything generally considered to be a fact and you can find it instantly. For those of us]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/how-google-ability-changes-language</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/how-google-ability-changes-language</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 23:35:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US imperialism, Venezuela, and democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[From everything we're seeing on social media, it is about to go DOWN in Venezuela. The US, Canada, and every South American country except Bolivia has recognized the leadership of the opposition, Juan]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/us-imperialism-venezuela-and-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/us-imperialism-venezuela-and-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:30:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belichick & Mourinho]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the intersection of fans who know the soccer world inside and out and area at least casual NFL fans, the comparison is easy - Bill Belichick is the Jose Mourinho of the NFL. The guy everybody loves]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/belichick-and-mourinho</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/belichick-and-mourinho</guid><category><![CDATA[sports]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:43:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democratizaton and Decentralization are not the same thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The advent of Bitcoin and Blockchain has opened up a whole world of possibilities about how people make decisions. Blockchain can let people vote easier and without fraud, or so the story goes. Because]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/democratizaton-and-decentralization-are-not-the-same-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/democratizaton-and-decentralization-are-not-the-same-thing</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:39:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZdjMpcxMQPuf3w6kE9TxzsMavAN9TUh3j7GfnfcYqu38nV5xW91ZYf1bVeAJE81fqVvpz5wFNuWW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forms of Non-Religious Asceticism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asceticism in a colloquial, un-nuanced definition means that you are giving up the "good stuff" in life. If you've heard the word, you probably picture a Buddhist monk in a temple somewhere]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/forms-of-non-religious-asceticism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/forms-of-non-religious-asceticism</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 03:15:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are the Philosophers of the 21st Century?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a certain paradox of philosophy in the 21st century. When we think of philosophers, we think of people all throughout history, from ancient Greece to the mid to late 20th century. But in the past]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/who-are-the-philosophers-of-the-21st-century</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/who-are-the-philosophers-of-the-21st-century</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 17:54:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in Language]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the previous post I used the common analogy of physical space to talk about the internet. I then used the same analogy to talk about language, explaining that words would be analogous to individual]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/the-heisenberg-uncertainty-principle-in-language</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/the-heisenberg-uncertainty-principle-in-language</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:02:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language as Physical Space]]></title><description><![CDATA[Using the internet is easy enough and can be taught to pretty much anybody. Explaining how the internet works is a whole other task. Where is it? Where does it come from? How is it all connected? Regardless]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/language-as-physical-space</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/language-as-physical-space</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 23:23:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was anybody else even close to France?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coming into the 2018 World Cup, I (and I think many others) had 4 teams in mind who were genuinely in contention to win it all.  Those 4 teams were (in order of how likely I thought they were to win)]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/was-anybody-else-even-close-to-france</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/was-anybody-else-even-close-to-france</guid><category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:35:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup Preview: France vs Argentina]]></title><description><![CDATA[If somebody told you this match was happening at the World Cup you'd expect it to at least be a quarterfinal. 3 World Cup titles between the 2 teams makes this a clash of giants, especially with France]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/world-cup-preview-france-vs-argentina</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/world-cup-preview-france-vs-argentina</guid><category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 21:05:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Cup Group Stage First Round - The 5 Worst]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coming into the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the field of competition seemed very stratified. After the first round of games, the fog of stratification has burned away, revealing the true parity of the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/world-cup-group-stage-first-round-the-5-worst</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/world-cup-group-stage-first-round-the-5-worst</guid><category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marx was Wrong, but Class Still Matters]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've been to college, and particularly an elite, WASP heavy college, there is a phenomenon you're already familiar with, but maybe don't know exactly what it is or why it happens.  To make sure]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/marx-was-wrong-but-class-still-matters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/marx-was-wrong-but-class-still-matters</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 19:06:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Vox's "Crypto Explained" Episode worth watching?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vox has recently started a new Netflix series about seemingly random subjects they think are topical or "edgy." Since this series started I (and I'm sure many others in the crypto space) have been eagerly]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/is-vox-s-crypto-explained-episode-worth-watching</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/is-vox-s-crypto-explained-episode-worth-watching</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 03:55:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't born an Anarchist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Especially in the modern era of hyper partisan ship, that is support or attack of a particular policy, philosophy, or person simply because of what else they are associated with, ideology is a terrible]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/i-wasn-t-born-an-anarchist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/i-wasn-t-born-an-anarchist</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 20:26:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder by Police is a Feature not a Bug]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's not a secret that Progressives and Libertarians don't see eye to eye. They disagree very fundamentally about the role of government in every facet of life. It can then seem odd that occasionally there]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/murder-by-police-is-a-feature-not-a-bug</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/murder-by-police-is-a-feature-not-a-bug</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2018 03:23:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't Privatize it, Eliminate it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every day when I use the DC Metro rail system, I think about this problem.  For those who don't know, the DC Metro is worse than you thought it ever could be. There's always too many people and not]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/don-t-privatize-it-eliminate-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@ryanfmason/don-t-privatize-it-eliminate-it</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ryanfmason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 16:40:06 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>